Two-Phase Flow Characteristics of Stepped Spillways

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 661-670

  Boes, Robert M ^a,b   Hager, Willi H ^b  

^a TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow characteristics; Scale effect; Spillways; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPILLWAYS; TWO PHASE FLOW; DIFFUSION; FIBER OPTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; FIBER-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; LARGE MODELS; REYNOLD NUMBER; SCALE EFFECTS; STEPPED SPILLWAYS; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; TWO PHASES FLOW; WEBER NUMBERS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; HYDRAULICS;

WEBER NUMBERS;

FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; FLUME; SPILLWAY; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0141459708     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2003)129:9(661)     Document Type: Article

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